Digital camera for reviewing related images

Abstract

A digital camera system for capturing and reviewing a group of related digital still images, comprising: an image sensor for capturing a digital image; a user interface including one or more user interface elements; a storage memory; and a program memory storing instructions configured to cause a data processing system to implement a method for capturing and reviewing a group of related digital still images. The instructions include: capturing and storing a group of related digital still images of the scene at a sequence of image capture times; providing a user interface for enabling a user interface to select a stored group of related digital still images for review; providing a user interface for enabling the user to delete a subset of the digital still images.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Reference is made to commonly assigned, co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ (docket 96751), entitled: “Display device for displaying related digital images,” by Krolczyk et al., which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention pertains to the field of digital imaging and more particularly to a digital camera system for reviewing a group of related digital still images.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]In recent years, digital camera systems have become ubiquitous. Because digital camera systems provide a convenient and low-cost means for capturing many images, many users have amassed large collections of digital images. Digital image collections may include digital videos and other types of digital media assets, as well as conventional digital still images. A problem associated with these collections of digital media assets is that they are often so large that it is not possible to easily ...

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Benefits of technology

[0017]providing one or more user interface elements for enabling a user to select a stored group of related digital still images for review on the softcopy display;

[0018]providing one or more user interface elements for enabling the user to designate a subset of the digital still images in a selected group of related digital still images for deletion; and

[0020]This invention has the advantage that users can conveniently capture and review groups of related digital still images. A mechanism is provided so that each group of related digital still images can be treated as a single digital media asset by the digital camera, and by other digital imaging system components.

[0021]It has the further advantage that users can conveniently delete any digital images in the group of related digital still images that they do not want to keep.

[0022]It has the additional advantage that users can conveniently select a particular digital image in the group of related digital still images to be the primary digital still image.

Problems solved by technology

A problem associated with these collections of digital media assets is that they are often so large that it is not possible to easily find a particular image of interest.

As a result, many users rarely, if ever, access or use the vast numbers of digital images in their collection.

While a lot of research has been done in the area of image organization, it remains largely a manual labor-intensive process at this time.

As a result, many people just give up.

One factor which only exacerbates this problem is that users often capture groups of related digital images of a particular scene (e.g., using a burst capture mode).

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